DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 22, 28 May 1903, Page 19

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

There will be Pontifical High Mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral on Sunday next, the feast of Pentecost We have received the sum oi £1 from Mrs. Moir, Balclutha, in aid of the St. Vincent de Paul Orphanage, South Dunedin ; also £1 for the Stoke Orphanage, which is acknowledged elsewhere in this issue. On Fiiddv lust, the eighth anniversary of the death oi Bishop Moran, a Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated in St. Joseph's Cathedral by his Lordship Bishop Verdon, Rev. Father Cleary boing assistant priest, Rev. Father Murphy deacon, Rev. Father Howard sub-deacon, and Rev. Father Coffey was also present. The solemn music of tho Mass was sung > Jy the choir of the Dominican nuns.

The weekly meeting of St. Mary's Literary and Social Club (says the Bruce ' Herald ') was held in St. Joseph's Schoolroom on Tuesday evening-, when 37 members attended. The meeting took the form of a debate, the subject being 'Is fashion in dress an evil ? ' Mr. .Scott led for the affirmative, and Miss Scanlan tho negative After a long and interesting discussion, in which many present participated, the negative was carried by a largi* maiority The solemn ceremonies of religious reception and profession look place in the convent chapel 01 the Sisters of Mercy, South Dunedin, on Monday morning. His Lordship Bishop Verdon was celebrant, and was assisted by Itov Father Co/Tey The following ladies made their leligious profession: Sister Mary Borgia Curtayne, Westpoit ; Sister Mary Bernard Dunne, Singleton . Sister Agatha O'Bnen, Mosgiel ; Sister Gerard O'Neill, Mosgiel Sister Benedict and Sister Gabriel Branxton, Now South Wales, received the white veil It is about six and a half jears since the hist foundation of the Sisteis of Mercy was made at South Dunodin, the original community consisting of eight members from the parent house in Sinerleton, New South Wales. They have now five convents in this diocese and 43 Sisters, disti ibuted as follows: South Dunedin. 23; Mosgiel, 4 , Gore, (> . Winton, 5 ; and 'Wrey's Bush, 5,